Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 15. Paul and Barnabas had been chosen by the Holy Spirit back in Acts 13 to take the gospel to the Gentles. Here in Acts 15, however, they had a disagreement that they could not solve. That disagreement was detailed in verses 36-41: […]
Acts 14
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 14. Paul and Barnabas are still on that first missionary journey which concluded here at the end of Acts 14, specifically verses 26-28. God’s miraculous power was at work through these chosen men (vv. 8-10). So, it was inevitable that someone would ascribe deity […]
Acts 11
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 11. In the devotional about Acts 10, I suggested that there would be tensions in the early church as God transitioned her from a group of Jewish believers in Jesus into a trans-national, worldwide group with no ethnic distinctions. Here in Acts 11 […]
Acts 10
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 10. In Acts 8, we read about how God used Saul’s persecution to move the church and the gospel out of Jerusalem and into Judea and Samaria, just as Jesus said would happen in Acts 1:8. Then, in Acts 9, we read how […]
Acts 9
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 9. We met Saul yesterday and saw how he persecuted the church and, in God’s providence, was used to get the gospel out of Jerusalem and into the rest of Judea and also into Samaria, just as the Lord had commanded in Acts […]
Acts 8
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 8. Back in Acts 1:8, Jesus said that the disciples would be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the rest of the earth. Here chapter 8 of Acts, persecution (vv. 1, 4-5) moved the gospel from Jerusalem to Samaria. Phillip, one […]
Acts 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 7. At the end of yesterday’s reading in Acts 6, we read about how God was using Stephen and how he was dragged before the Sanhedrin to answer for his message. Here in Acts 7, the story continued as Stephen answered the charge […]
Acts 6
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 6. Every growing church experiences growing pains. It is a good problem to have because it means that the Lord is working and blessing his word. Acts 6:1 continues to describe the growth of the first church, the church in Jerusalem. Part of […]
Acts 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 5. The growing church we’ve been tracking since Acts 1 felt the weight of persecution here in Acts 5, but that was nothing new for them. What is new as that the church encountered internal problems for the first time. This happened when […]
Acts 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 4. This chapter continues the story we started yesterday. Remember that Peter and John were going to the temple to pray and, by the power of Christ, Peter healed a man who had been unable to walk for his entire life. Peter then used […]